BBC News - Gulf oil spill: President's panel says firms complacent

BBC News - Gulf oil spill: President's panel says firms complacent: "Three major companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill lacked a safety culture and made serious mistakes ahead of the catastrophe, the key inquiry into the disaster has said."

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Of course there is no failure on the part of the government, at least not under the Obama administration. Never mind the approvals given before, and never mind the response, or lack of, from the government. It was at least a week before they would even admit there was a problem, and then they sent s.w.a.t. teams, because why? Were they going to shoot the oil out of the water?